Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-02
STILL pARLEYING.
THE INrERSAL.REvESuE MEN AND
THE SPEAKER.
Invalia Pensions Newport News and FOr-
folk Frsneh syoliation Claims
Postal aud Personal.

Iron Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, February THE par
loying between the internalreyenne
men and the Speaker continues. There
is nothing definite in the situation.
Judge Kelly'sproposcd hill isnot treated
seriously, and yet il ia pretty clear that
II Kelly can get majority OF Rcpubil-
cans 90 90 with him = voting to abolish
the tObaccO-tax the measure viii pass
the House. The Speaker and the Ways
and Means Committee ask alr. Randall
aud his friends what Is precisely what
they wish. II is said that the latter are
unable to answer definitely without first
ascertaining whether the bin prepared
last week can command a majority of
The House.
INVALID TENSIONS.
The Committee on Invalid Pensions
IN the House turned It's prentice hand
Ia the creation of incomes for Federal
soldiers to-day. Member after mem
Der rose with a report bristling with
names in his hand Verify the "eter-
nal. coctcrnsl pension was in full
feather to-day, for the Senate commit
Tee likewise presented large number
Of reports. Now and then bill is re-
portcd adversely. 10 illustrate the
ease with which money is voted out
the Treasury have only to speak Of
one case, in which aman deserted every
few weeks during rs term Of service,
snd yet received pc SION, his record
having been "cOrrcCt, a..
SFwPoET NEWS ASD NORFOLK.
Peforc the House Committee on
Commerce to-day an animated discus
SION toOk place on the division of the
wntrr between Newport News and the
Norfolk customs districts Arguments
in opuos:tion 10 the measure we're made
bv Colonel William Lamb and Mr..
Henry VI. Baker. The bill WAS sup
por,,d 10y General Williams {. Wick
ham and Mr.. John A. Curtis. After al
bour spent in executive session the
committee authorized Il report by Mr..
OTrrnl. Mr. Davis, of Massachu-
.,ts will render minority report for
himself The majority report is in favor
of the measure. 1t Will be made to the
House tomorrow. Ii is understood
that Colonel Lamb was quite severe in
ms auimadversion Of the bill. This
measure provides for such an equal
division of waters that vessels may not
Lccompelled to 90 to Norfolk for clear
ance papers.
The friends Of the reimbursement
measure for Virginia and other States
are sore over the way they were treated
Yesterday 10y Burrows and other north
I'm Republicans. They say that when
fire senate bill on the subject reaches
,ic House they will endeayor to secure
is lassage.
FRENCH - OLIATION CLAIMS.
The Judiciary Committee OF the
House have had under consideration
the French sroliation claims, and not
coming 10 conclusion, the matter was
postponed until Thursday, when 1t is
probable the constitutional amend
mcnts relating to the length Of the ses-
sion. &c. will also be considered.
senator Nancercportcd favorablya bill
forthe reliefof William T. Bond, an ex-
collector of internal revenue IN North
Carolina. 1t pays S39S.5o, excess OF
taxes.
Mr.. O'Ferralls speech on Saturday
has been very highly complimented by
many who read it III this morning S
Rccold and who did not have the plea
sure of hearing IT, II is the only speech
on the Blair bill made in tins Congress.
POSTAL.
The following are new post-ollices.
Mcnola, Hartford county, y. c.. Charles
W. Parker, postmaster; Eosoyillc, Fay
cite county. W. Va, Jacob Lively,
postmaster.
Other postmastcrs comm~Ioned'
Martha Sumrow, Bilcsville, " c.; Jo-
seph II. Morrisctte, Shiloh, y. {.
PERSONAL.
VirQinians in the city: General Wick
ham. John 4. Curtis, Richmond; Ii.
&. Hudson, Scottshurg; J. II. Capers.
North Carolinians in the city : Com
prcssman-eleot John Nichols, of Ra-
leigh Hon. II. l.. Russell and wife, OF
Wilmington, Hon Charles Price, coun-
sci Richmond and Danyille railroad
Mrs. Smith, Of Montgomery county.
General W. II. +. Lee was on the
floor of the House to-day.
Mr.. Julius 4. Bonitz, editor OF the
Goldsboro' Messenger, is in the city.
Senator Ransom removed his conya
lcsccnt son 10 ms home in North Caro-
lima to-day.
Hon. Holmes Conrad and Captain
Robert Burton. of Winchester, arc
here.
Mr.. Fred. Loud, Of Wilmington
married ON Yesterday Miss Kate Game
ron. formerly of North Carolina, and
daughter Of Major John Cameron, now
Of Washington.